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Recommendations for dental management of diastrophic dysplasia: a rare case report
1Preventive Dental Science Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Najran University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. aaassire@nu.edu.sa.
Background:
When treated in a dental chair, patients with deformities such as scoliosis often require special consideration.
Case Report:
Here is a case of 9 years old Saudi child who was reported with dental problems. The objective of this study is to provide a guideline for dental management of diastrophic dysplasia.
Conclusions:
Diastrophic dysplasia is a rare and nonlethal skeletal dysplasia, autosomal inheritance recessive, recognized by the infant's dysmorphic changes at birth. Diastrophic dysplasia is not a common hereditary disorder, however, the characteristic of this condition and guidelines for dental treatment should be known to a pediatric dentist, particularly at a major medical center.
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